She Rises Up | Dokumentale 2025

In the organizer's words:

Three determined women take the initiative and set up their own businesses in Peru, Sri Lanka and Senegal. With courage and a spirit of innovation, they are shaping their future and strengthening their communities. However, laws in almost a third of all countries worldwide still prevent women from having equal access to work - often with devastating consequences for the poverty rate. The documentary impressively shows how local entrepreneurship creates livelihoods and brings about sustainable change.

She Rises Up
Maureen Castle Tusty / USA / 2024 / 91 min.

Three women take matters into their own hands when they establish their own businesses in Peru, Sri Lanka, and Senegal, shaping their futures with bravery. Gladys Yupanqui from Peru runs a minimart, Magatte Wade from Senegal starts a cosmetics factory, and Selyna Peiris from Sri Lanka takes over her mother's textile business. Laws in nearly a third of the world's countries prevent women from equal access to work-with devastating effects on poverty rates. This documentary captures how local entrepreneurship creates livelihoods and brings about lasting change.